General Gatekeeper Training - Pathways Counseling Center

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Verbal Expressions• Common statements• I shouldn't be here• I'm going to run away• I wish I could disappear forever• If a person did this or that…., would he/she die• Maybe if I died, people would love me more• I want to see what it feels like to die• I wish I were dead• I'm going to kill myselfGatekeeper Training- Dr. EllenAnderson39Some Behavioral Warning Signs• Common signs• Previous suicidal thoughts or attempts• Expressing feelings of hopelessness or guilt• (Increased) substance abuse• Becoming less responsible and motivated• Talking or joking about suicide• Giving away possessions• Having several accidents resulting in injury; "closecalls" or "brushes with death"Gatekeeper Training- Dr. EllenAnderson4020
Further Behaviors Often Seen in Kids• Preoccupation with death/violence; TV,movies, drawings, books, at play, music• Risky behavior; jumping from high places,running into traffic, self-cutting• School problems – a big drop in grades,falling asleep in class, emotional outbursts orother behavior unusual for this student• Wants to join a person in heaven• Themes of death in artwork, poetry, etcGatekeeper Training- Dr. EllenAnderson41What On Earth Can I Do?• Anyone can learn to ask the right questions tohelp a depressed and suicidal person• Depression is an illness, like heart disease, andsuicidal thoughts are a crisis in that illness,like a heart attack• You would not leave a heart attack victim lyingon the sidewalk – many have been trained inCPR• We must learn to help people who are dyingmore slowly of depressionGatekeeper Training- Dr. EllenAnderson4221
Page 1 and 2: SAVING LIVES:Understanding Depressi
Page 3: Suicide Is The Last Taboo - WeDon
Page 7 and 8: The Unnoticed Death• For every 2
Page 9 and 10: • Social Isolation: people may be
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Page 13 and 14: Where It Hits UsGatekeeper Training
Page 15 and 16: Renewed dendrites increase the numb
Page 17 and 18: What Happens If We Don’tTreat Dep
Page 19: • Suicide myths, continued:7. Onc
Page 23 and 24: Learning “QPR” - Or, How To Ask
Page 25 and 26: Don’t…• Make moral judgments
Page 27 and 28: Survivors Of Suicide• Sources of
Page 29 and 30: Websites For AdditionalInformation
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